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Status: Active Date of Publication: 26th October, 1957 Act No: EAST PAKISTAN REGULATION NO. II OF 1957 WHEREAS it is expedient to apply the Petroleum Act, 1934 , to the Chittagong Hill-tracts; AND WHEREAS by clause (3) of Article 103 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the 1 [Government] is empowered to make regulations for the peace and good Government of any area in which is for the time being and excluded area; NOW, THEREFORE, the 2 [Government] in exercise of the said power and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, is pleased to make the following Regulation, namely:-

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Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Chittagong Hill-tracts Petroleum Regulation, 1957. (2) It shall come into force at once.

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2. Application of Act No. XXX of 1934 to the Chittagong Hill- tracts

2. The Petroleum Act, 1934 , shall apply to the Chittagong Hill-tracts, subject to the amendments shown below:- AMENDMENTS.
  1. In section 1, sub-section (3) shall be omitted.
  2. In section 2-
( I ) for clause (d), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(d) “to transport” petroleum means to move petroleum from one place in 3 [Bangladesh] to another in the Chittagong Hill-tracts and vice versa , and includes moving petroleum from one place to another within the area of the Chittagong Hill tracts.” (ii) for clause (e), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(e) “to import” petroleum means to bring it within the area of the Chittagong Hill- tracts.”

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3. Amendment of section 28 of Act No. XXX of 1934

3. In section 28, the words, figures and commas “unless section 8 of the Coroner’s Act, 1871, is applicable to the circumstances,” shall be omitted.

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Footnotes

1. The word “Government” was replaced, for the words “Governor” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972). 2. The word “Government” was replaced, for the words “Governor of East Bengal” by Article 9 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972). 3. The word “Bangladesh” was replaced for the words “East Pakistan” by Article 5 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972).
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